Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-02
THOMPSON.

| The REPUBLIC has spoken kindly and
courteouSly of Mr.. Ludlow and of tn,
other prohibition party candidates. Mr.
| Ludlow expected to be abused and posi-
bly, lied about-but he has been happily dis
appointed. Ii was the RErUBLIC'> pur
| TO have a decent and good-natured cam
| paign. free from all smut and mud throw
| ing. But there is person BY the name OF
Thompson-Thompson with ''p--whos,
He. positively. will not have il So. To con
| fess the whole truth. we must say thai W,
| hadn't had a thought as to Thompson. But,
all the same, Thompson had had a thought
OF himself. a. usual, and had thought a
great deal OF himself, and the more he
thought the more he was impressed with his
terrible importance as a factor in the poli-
ical situation. Here he was. all old chair
man of the prohibition state central COM
mittee. and the prospective editor of a great
daily paper-great in pretentious cheek and
a species of well-advertised piety of a ne
culiar klnd-and. still. nobody paid any at
tention 10 him. Certainly, nobody
thought ii worth while To kick him
for his slobbering impertinence. To say
that he was unhappy As the result of thi,
would be to put the truth in a very mild
form. and do him rank injustice. He was.
in fact. all torn up; he felt that if some
body didn't knock the chip from his shout
der or tread on the tail of his coat. he should
Just "bus.-s0 there and fly into pieces.
toward all points of the compass. and make
an exceedingly nasty mess of it in the
community.
30 this Thompson. in his Druu Waste
Paper Error, begins to fire himself of at
Mr.. kelly-Oiiyer S. Kelly and at a per
son whom he is 80 crael as to call ''Clifra,"
Now As 10 Kelly. Let us place Mr. Ludlow's
newspaper man Friday up by the side of
Kelly. Who is divers. Kelly and what is he
that this man Thompson should assault,
him" And who is this insect, THOMPSON.
that he should try 10 attract attention by
attempting to sting lion As 10 ''Cliffr."
We have 10 say that We believe him To be
capable of taking pretty good care of him
self.
And now Thompson is in state of ac-
crued misery because nobody CDndescends
To notice his assaults, and we al = too kind
hearted to allow him TO suffer longer. We
would not heedlessly tread upon a worm
but perhaps We ought to draw the line al
plsmires' decent worm appreciates the
of people who let him alone. but
4 little brevet ant will go out of his way to |
'rawi over decent people and make them As |
as possible. Therefore. while !
WORMS should be treated with due respect |
)lsmires should be given at least the amount |
IL attention required in brushing them off |
Therefore, We print these few lines about |
Thompson. We have treated THOMPSON
Win courtesy, for 10. these many years.
We have conceded that, although he had
zone wrong. TO sad extent, As 10 prudence.
wisdom and practical work in reform. he
vas honest and decent and meant to be
Gentleman and a Chrstian-and not AN in
ecent blackguard. but it seems that We
ave done him iniustice-or, rather. done
INJUSTICE to the cause of truth. Evidently.
thompson doesn't wish to be so con-
idered. He wishes to be regarded
5 representative of that race of petty and
pismires and crawling. white
vered >neaks who 20 about sneering at ,
nd slandering decent, reputable. honest
ood citizens. who have devoted their lives t
, the promotion of public interests and the !
aPpness and prosperity of the cOmmu- :
ity. Here you are, Thompson. DO not +
~. hereafter, that we have treated you I
it'll silent contempt. But what we have a
lid of Thompson applies only to him. and II
those who have made themselves =
fensively prominent as the maligners of I
Ell better than themselves. 4
Gentlemen Vote for Oliver S. Kelly, n
e is man, any way you may look at him. il